Books Like The Bell Jar

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If you loved The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, these books share similar qualities — same genre, comparable themes, and the kind of reader ratings that signal something special. Whether you read on Kindle, in print, or on audio, these recommendations deliver the same kind of experience.

10 books for fans of The Bell Jar

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    The Correspondent

    by Virginia Evans

    ★ 4.81 BLT Score (364.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K)
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    James

    by Percival Everett

    ★ 4.76 BLT Score (533.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (533.5K)
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    Anna Karenina

    by Leo Tolstoy

    ★ 4.39 BLT Score (944.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (944.0K)
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    The Color Purple

    The Color Purple Collection • Book 1

    by Alice Walker

    ★ 4.68 BLT Score (758.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (758.4K)
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    I Must Betray You

    by Ruta Sepetys

    ★ 4.56 BLT Score (101.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (101.3K)
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    The Body

    by Robin Waterfield, Stephen King

    ★ 4.52 BLT Score (45.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (45.7K)
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    Their Eyes Were Watching God

    by Zora Neale Hurston

    ★ 4.47 BLT Score (390.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (390.8K)
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    The Picture of Dorian Gray Novel

    by Oscar Wilde

    ★ 4.46 BLT Score (1.9M ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (1.9M)
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    Forever a Hustler's Wife

    A Hustler's Wife • Book 2

    by Nikki Turner

    ★ 4.30 BLT Score (3.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (3.1K)
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    The Road

    by Cormac McCarthy

    ★ 4.29 BLT Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (1.1M)
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